At this point, the 1st Italian cruiser detachment was completely annihilated, and only the sailors who were struggling in vain on the sea remained. Finally, the British commander, Admiral Cunningham, sent a gentlemanly telegram to the Italian Admiralty, asking them to rescue their compatriots who were still struggling at sea.

The JU89 reconnaissance detachment in the air only saw the fire below, and was not sure who won and who lost, Li Mo's task for these reconnaissance detachments was very simple, try not to be exposed, just observe and track the British Mediterranean Fleet. There are no high-altitude fighters of the British army in the Mediterranean, so these JU89s do not have to worry about being shot down by British carrier-based aircraft, and the two main air bases of the British army, one in the fortress of Gibraltar and the other in Mandela, the combat radius of the current Spitfire is really not very large.

By the end of the entire naval battle, the British commander Cunningham sent a telegram that he thought he was very knightly, and JU89 of course received it, and now JU89, which was cruising around, only needed to track the British Mediterranean Fleet that retreated on a large scale after winning the battle, and did not care about the Italian warships that fled in a hurry, and the remnants of the rout must be the Italian warships that were not annihilated.

It is now more than 2 o'clock in the evening, and Li Mo also received a telegram from JU89, but the German air force wants to attack the British fleet, it must be after dawn, and there is no way to attack the moving warships at night, as long as JU89 follows these British warships, it is not yet dawn at five o'clock in the morning, it is winter, and the dawn should be at six o'clock at the earliest, but Li Mo still ordered all JU89 and "BF109" to take off, and a total of 44 JU89 aircraft took off this time. And the number of aircraft of the "BF109" modification carrying drop tanks. It was an aviation regiment of one hundred and sixty-four aircraft.

It took about an hour to catch up with the British Mediterranean fleet from Sicily, just before dawn. Six o'clock was the time when the German strategic bombing detachment launched the attack.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

More than two hundred German aircraft, taking off from the airfield in Sicily. As the commander of this operation, Colonel Hansen of the German Air Force put his own plane on JU89 in order to facilitate the command, which happened to have perfect access facilities and could fully meet the needs of the command.

After more than an hour of flying, Hansen was about 200 kilometers away from the reconnaissance detachment in front, and after Hansen first reported the situation to Li Mo, he ordered his strategic bomber group to speed up in formation, and at this time, a round of red sun appeared on the edge of the sky. The rising sun sets off the surrounding clouds red.

Cunningham also just got up at this time, last night's big victory, so that Cunningham was in a very good mood, suddenly the alert warship behind the fleet sent an alarm, saying that a large number of unknown planes had been found in their rear, and the contact could not be contacted, indicating which planes could only be German or Italian, Cunningham hurriedly asked the herald to sound the alarm. And let their fleet form a tight anti-aircraft formation, this formation can form a very dense anti-aircraft fire, this kind of dense anti-aircraft fire network is difficult to break through, this formation is also a common practice in this era.

If Hansen knew the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet. When I was still using the old-fashioned dense air defense formation, I am afraid that I would wake up laughing in my dreams, knowing that the "BF109" carried a weapon with dense surface coverage such as rockets. Although the "BF109" dived and fired at the British warship, the accuracy was still guaranteed to a certain extent. But rockets from airplanes hit warships, for the German Air Force. It's still the eldest girl who is connected to the sedan chair - the first time, if the effect is, it's really hard to say, and now the British Mediterranean Fleet actually uses a secret formation, of course, it is to relieve some of Hansen's worries, and the bombing effect of the German air force has added a few points to the tactics arranged by the British themselves.

"Woooooooooo......oo Woowoo woo ......"

The air defense siren of the British Mediterranean Fleet, even Hansen could hear it, but this made Hansen even more excited, commanding one hundred and sixty-four "BF109" to swarm towards the British Mediterranean Fleet.

The British Mediterranean Fleet, apart from the British Home Fleet, was the most powerful British fleet of other foreign fleets, the British Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet, led by the prestigious Admiral Andrew ? Sir Cunningham, who had a reputation in the navy as a "calm and strong sailor", was a good judge of the situation and a shrewd command.

Compared to Italy, the British fleet was inferior in terms of numbers and technical performance: 4 battleships (all participated in the Battle of Jutland, although they had 8 15-inch guns, so they had a lot of experience in actual combat), the aircraft carrier "Eagle", 7 light cruisers, 20 destroyers, 10 submarines, and 8 other ships. The headquarters is located in Alexandria, Egypt.

HMS Eagle was the only aircraft carrier in the British Royal Navy converted from a battleship, and it was also the aircraft carrier that participated in many battles in the early days of World War II. The Admiral La Torre, originally built for the Chilean Navy, was purchased by the Royal Navy on February 28, 1918 due to the interruption of the project in a major war, and the Eagle was not completed in April 1920 for carrier-based aircraft use tests, and in November it was sent to the shipyard to continue construction, and on June 26, 1924, it was completed as an aircraft carrier. Further modifications were received twice, in 1931 and 1935. The standard displacement is 22,600 tons, and the maximum speed is 24 knots. It can carry 21 aircraft, and was in service in the Indian Ocean at the outbreak of the Great War. In 1940, it was incorporated into the British Mediterranean Fleet

This time Cunningham hurriedly ordered his carrier-based aircraft to take off, but unfortunately there are twenty-one of these aircraft, including twelve torpedo planes, which are prepared to deal with the Italian fleet, and the fighters are just a squadron, these carrier-based aircraft are not British jets, but British teachers' carrier-based aircraft, not even "Sea Hurricanes", these old-fashioned carrier-based aircraft can deal with warships, and they are used to fight against "BF109", which is simply a food delivery, but these eleven British carrier-based aircraft still take off urgently without fear of death, rushed up at the German plane:

"Dada...... Click......"

The "BF109" not only has a numerical advantage, but also a performance advantage, and it is really not a level of opponents, and these eleven British carrier-based aircraft did not even stop the German planes from advancing, so they returned to the bosom of the sea.

"Bang bang bang...... Bumper ...... Click......"

Before the German planes flew over the British Mediterranean Fleet, the British shells began to fire, at this time the distance was at least five kilometers, and the German planes flew one kilometer before launching rockets, at this time all the "BF109" received orders from Colonel Hansen, Hansen ordered his "BF109" bomber group, all climbed to an altitude of 10,000 meters, and then dive bombing, this dive distance was carried out by the pilots.

…… (To be continued......)

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